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      • But The Sisters Brothers isn’t based on a true story; it’s actually an adaptation Patrick DeWitt’s novel of the same name.
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    Sep 20, 2018 · But The Sisters Brothers isn’t based on a true story; it’s actually an adaptation Patrick DeWitt’s novel of the same name. Despite not being based on a true story, DeWitt’s novel drew...

  4. www.bustle.com › p › were-the-sisters-brothers-realWere The Sisters Brothers Real People? The Assassin ... - Bustle

    Sep 21, 2018 · The story follows notorious assassin siblings Eli and Charlie Sisters, played by John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix, who are on the trail of a chemist with a secret formula to find gold.

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  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Sisters_BrothersThe Sisters Brothers - Wikipedia

    The Sisters Brothers is a 2011 Western novel by Canadian-born author Patrick deWitt.The darkly comic story takes place in Oregon and California in 1851. The narrator, Eli Sisters, and his brother Charlie are assassins tasked with killing Hermann Kermit Warm, an ingenious prospector who has been accused of stealing from the Sisters' fearsome boss, the Commodore.

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    This is a stunning book, a darkly comic Western noir slyly and elegantly written in blood and longing. It’s the picaresque tale of Charlie and Eli Sisters, brother assassins, making their way to California Gold Rush country to murder their latest assignment. Charlie has less hesitation in killing people than most of us do in knocking off that ...

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  8. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2018/09/24“The Sisters Brothers” and “Bel Canto,” Reviewed | The New Yorker

    Sep 14, 2018 · The principal riders are Charlie Sisters (Joaquin Phoenix) and his brother Eli (John C. Reilly). Charlie is a hothead and a brute—the stronger partner, you’d say, were he not ravened by a ...

  9. www.independent.co.uk › arts-entertainment › filmsThe Sisters Brothers review: New western is a reassuringly ...

    Apr 5, 2019 · Director Jacques Audiard, 122 mins, starring: John C Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed, Rebecca Root, Allison Tolman. Cert 15

  10. www.cbc.ca › radio › qThe Sisters Brothers: what happens when your favourite book ...

    Sep 20, 2018 · The Sisters Brothers is a comedic Western, and tells the story of two hitmen brothers assigned to kill a chemist with a strange formula that can make finding gold remarkably easy.Played by John C ...